(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Laszlo Vannay, one of the Awakening Magyars who made an attempt on the life of the late Hungarian Jewish statesman, Wilhelm Vaszonyi, is the recipient of the $3,000 check from Henry Ford, granted on the merits of his anti-Semitic achievements.
Vannay appealed to Ford to help him acquire a farm in view of the fact that due to his anti-Semitic views he lost his position. It appears that the court proceedings which were pending against Vannay were withdrawn by the attorney general when medical experts, after examining Vannay, declared him to be mentally deficient. Dut to this he also lost his position in the municipal government of Budapest.
Vannay was one of the most fanatical Jew-baiters during the white terror in 1921.
In a press interview Vannay admitted applying to Ford for a loan and of complying with a request for proof of anti-Jewish activities by sending Ford newspaper articles and a copy of the Attorney General’s charges against him for inciting people to attack Jews.
Voluntarily offering their cooperation, the Jewish community of Montreal subscribed $100,510 to the United Hospital Campaign of that city at a dinner held Sunday evening in the Montefiore Club. Mark Workman, well-known Canadian Jewish philanthropist, subscribed $20,000 at the dinner which he organized.
The United Hospital Campaign, comprising four hospitals, is seeking to cover a deficit of $2,500,000. There is no Jewish general hospital in Montreal although there is a small Jewish maternity hospital.
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